HP in the name of Slytherin

"Don't hide!" Sirius quickly grabbed Severus, "Let's watch together, or I will find someone else to come and chat with it!"

He pointed ruthlessly at the notebook where he was talking nonsense.

Severus was furious: "What are you thinking about?!"

"Don't be angry, let's watch it together. I told you immediately after I found it, didn't I?" Sirius showed an innocent smile, "I owe Miss Slytherin a favor. I guess your relationship with her is not ordinary, and it must be very good." Do you want to help her investigate?"

The smile on Master Black's face was bohemian, but there was a rare seriousness in his smoky gray pupils.

Severus caught this detail, clenched his fists, and finally stopped pushing Sirius away.

But he said coldly: "I know, let me go."

Stupid Gryffindor, he doesn't want to get involved at all!

Sirius was sure that he really wouldn't run away this time, raised his hands and took a small step away.

The two temporarily reached a cooperation and looked at the notebook again. In this short period of time, the crazy Tom Riddle said a few crazy things.

——Oh, Catherine, my love, how is she now?

——Take me to see her, she will praise you, and I will reward you.

——She must miss me very much. She can do anything to me when I am like this.

The first two sentences were a bit disgusting at best, but the last sentence made both Severus and Sirius frown in unison.

"Can he hear us?" Severus asked Sirius.

Sirius shook his head, "Can't hear you, I tried."

"Miss Catherine does not love you," Severus told the notebook.

After waiting for a few seconds, the laptop did not respond.

Sirius reacted and rolled his eyes at Severus, "I mean it!"

Severus said with a smile: "It's always good to be careful."

Sirius took a breath to calm down. If it weren't for the fact that Severus was the only Slytherin left in the school, and he did have a close relationship with Miss Slytherin, Sirius would never want to deal with this or make a sarcastic face. Or deal with a little wizard with a poker face.

While he was holding his breath for a few seconds, Severus tried very seriously to contact Catherine through Feather.

However, the originally smooth induction completely failed this time. Severus didn't know if it was a problem of distance or something happened to Catherine... With Herbo and Salazar by his side, and Catherine herself being so strong, Severus could only Can be suppressed temporarily.

He thought for a while and wrote in his notebook: I belong to Miss Catherine. You said you were her lover. Why didn't I listen to her...

Severus wanted to say that he had never heard Catherine mention Tom Riddle.

Unexpectedly, Tom Riddle said eagerly: Tell me clearly, what does it mean that you are hers? Only I am hers!

Seeing Sirius looking at him with an ambiguous expression, Severus added with a cold face: Her retinue.

Tom Riddle immediately stopped being anxious, and his font returned to elegance: So that's it, it's normal that she didn't mention me to you. Maybe Salazar did something to make her not remember me.

"Is the Salazar he's talking about Salazar Slytherin? The founder?" Sirius asked.

Severus frowned and said "Huh."

Sirius sounded surprised: "Did he also live a thousand years ago?"

Before Severus could taunt him, Sirius shook his head: "No, there was no notebook a thousand years ago."

Severus wrote calmly: If you are really important, Lord Salazar will not let Miss Catherine forget you.

Salazar sensed him that day and reminded him in that way of why Catherine wanted to kill Herbo. It didn't sound like someone who didn't care about his daughter's feelings.

But Catherine did have amnesia, and the memory of that day combined with the shared feelings afterwards, Severus knew that something was wrong with Catherine's memory.

Tom Riddle was silent for a long time this time, and after a while he wrote slowly: I did do something wrong, but Catherine loves me. There is no doubt that I love her, and it is absolutely true.

Sirius's mind was thinking, "Isn't Salazar dead?", and then he was thinking, "Who is this guy?" He couldn't figure it out, and then he thought, "It must be the Unforgivable Curse to imprison the soul." His mind was spinning so fast. Buzzing, not enough at all.

Severus had no intention of telling Sirius about Salazar. He pushed away distracting thoughts and now just wanted to collect more information for Catherine: When are you from, since you are at Hogwarts, are you a student or a teacher?

Tom Riddle's handwriting showed pride: My name should be in the trophy room. I am the best student at Hogwarts. Even Dumbledore can't say anything about me.

Another clue was added to Sirius' head before he could process it. He subconsciously asked: "Student? What student? Does Dumbledore know him?"

I wish I could ask Dumbledore again.

Of course, since he said he was helping Catherine investigate, Sirius still held back his temper and said to Severus: "Shall we go check on him?"

"Go back later," Severus said calmly.

There was no anxiety on his face at this moment, and the hand holding the quill was very steady: You are a student, Miss Catherine will not love you.

He was the only one present who knew that Catherine's true age was that of an adult.

In her eyes, these "students" are children who need protection.

No matter how many "You're talking nonsense" and "She loves me" that Tom Riddle wrote like a barrage below.

Severus only calmly wrote the last sentence: You are avoiding the important and taking the easy. Your so-called wrong things are definitely intolerable to Miss Catherine.

Otherwise she would not take action against the students.

Tom Riddle's handwriting paused.

All the writing on this page of the notebook that was about to be filled disappeared.

Tom Riddle: You are a student of Slytherin, right? You are indeed my beloved squire. She always has such a good taste.

Severus stared at "my love" and got goosebumps: Stop daydreaming, a sinner like you is not worthy of seeing her again.

Tom Riddle's handwriting once again showed the scrawl at the beginning: I am guilty of her, I admit, she loves me so much, but I hurt her, it is my fault. As her retinue, you should let her know my existence and let her punish me! This will make her a lot happier and I can do anything for her now! She can do anything to me!

Severus stroked his quill and wrote after a moment: I refuse.

Sirius was anxious: "What are you doing! Keep asking!"

"Shut up," Severus glanced at him lightly, "Wait."

Sirius stamped his feet angrily: "If you don't ask us clearly..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Tom Riddle writing out a bunch of information again.

——I once planned to tear her soul apart! Kill the part of her that doesn't love me, leaving only her soul that loves me! Do you understand it! My smart lover noticed it in the end and wanted to die with me. She and I fell into the magic circle. Salazar rescued her, but my soul was stripped away.

——I am the half of my soul who loves her! Let her punish me! I will never hurt her again! Take me to see her! You are her retinue, and it is your honor to sacrifice her enemies for your master!

--hurry up! Be a loyal servant. If you dare to betray her, I will make you die an ugly death!

——I feel your loyalty to her, dedicate me to her, let my love whip my soul, make me suffer, and make me despair. Don’t you think this is venting your anger for your master?

Sirius: "...Is he sick?"

Severus: ...He is indeed a psychopath.